National Social Democratic Front

The National Social Democratic Front was a social democratic party in South Vietnam which existed from 1967 to 1975. It was founded in 1967 as the political vehicle of General Nguyen Van Thieu, the military leader of the country, and it supported farmers, workers, and small traders. It later became a federation of persecuted Catholic refugees from North Vietnam, veterans who supported military rule, the VNQDD party, Buddhist democratic socialists, nationalists, and former Can Lao Party members, representing a broad variety of political views. After the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the end of the Vietnam War, many members of the front were either executed or fled to California, where they reorganized as the "Democratic Alliance for Vietnam" in 1981.